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give him more than roos. he deserves it, IMO. i normally dont like guys wanting to re-do their deals but peters has been stellar and hasnt done anhything but be awesome.
Yeah he's under contract with a good deal but he wants a better one. I think he does deserve a better deal considering he is one of the best up and coming LTs in the NFL. So pay him. If we wait and wait, he will refuse to re-sign with us after his contract and we are back at square one.
HOW OFTEN DOES ONE OF THE BEST LTs IN THE NFL FALL INTO YOUR LAP? PAY THE ****ING GUY AND MOVE ON!
Here's the flip side to the "he-has-three-years-left" issue: The longer the Bills wait, the more they'll have to pay. That News article said the salary cap has gone up 36 percent since 2005. If the Bills sign him now, they may get him at a bargain compared to what he'll want in 2-3 years.
Now may be the only time the Bills can afford him.
Of course the flip side to that is they could sign him to a big-money deal now and in 2-3 years when they can't afford him he does the same thing again and holds out for more money.
The Buffalo News speculates that Jason Peters is looking for between $8 million and $11.5 million per season in a contract extension. Ralph Wilson is rolling over in his grave. The Bills are in an uncomfortable spot of setting the left tackle market for a player with three years left on his deal. Of all the holdouts this summer, this one is the most unpredictable.
If this were the Patriots, they'd trade him for a first round pick and find out the guy on the bench behind him was better anyway.
But we're not the Patriots- we're the Bills. So, we'll either pay him and then he'll mail it in after he gets his huge payday, or we'll trade him for a 3rd round pick and find out that Kirk Chambers and Matt Murphy can't play LT.
Of course the flip side to that is they could sign him to a big-money deal now and in 2-3 years when they can't afford him he does the same thing again and holds out for more money.
Then we'll get 2-3 years out of him, and if he holds out or leaves then, it won't be because the Bills could have paid him but didn't. He has more of a case now than he would then, and the Bills have more opportunity now than they will then.
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I wonder if he'd be willing to wait a bit if we told him we needed to resign Evans, then Crowell because their contracts are literally almost gone. He'd need to see that those two were integral parts to being a playoff contender and wait till we get those two extended. If I'm not mistaken, we'd still have space for him.
Maybe we could do the deal when the regular season started.
If the reports are true about Peters asking for 8-11 million a season than we need to trade this doushe right now because he's definiltey smoking crack if he thinks that one above average season warrants that kind of payday.
If the reports are true about Peters asking for 8-11 million a season than we need to trade this doushe right now because he's definiltey smoking crack if he thinks that one above average season warrants that kind of payday.
Good riddance you ungrateful loser!
~The Answer
And there my friends, is the Buffalo fan loser mentality in a nutshell. How many times have I seen this type of response to an athlete in Buffalo. A bum, loser, a douche, whatever. Keep my tickets at $30 a piece please.
And you wonder why we lose.
Lou Saban: You can get it done, you can get it done. And what’s more, you’ve gotta get it done.
What is Peters' going to do honestly? Quit friggen whining about making 3.5 million and play the game. His only other option is to sacrifice that money and sit out the whole year. That is unrealistic and preposterous. Peters' is fighting a battle he can't win, so just shut up and get into training camp.
I agree with shelby. Peters has earned the status of being the highest paid offensive lineman on the team, and he should be.
Peters is a much bigger priority than either Evans or Crowell, IMO. Wide recievers and LB's can be replaced much easier than LT's.
The biggest difference is that two of those players are entering the last years of their contracts and one is not. The comparison is not a simple LT vs. LB or WR issue.
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